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and i just hate this idea that we're going to kind of wall off america from central america. because as you said, immigration of these economies in such a positive thing. [applause] spent i'm glad some of you agree with it. nobody in washington -- >> may i had a point? because i feel the same way state does. ideas can't be as a reverent sdk and. but i admire so much a plainspoken truth. i had an opportunity to speak to the president, president obama writes be did he is not the president here. >> right as he was departing to mexico. and, of course, we talked about immigration reform, and i of course wanted to talk about it from an economic perspective. that was fantastic. so i said, the reality of it is you wouldn't be mr. president if it were not for the hispanic vote. never in history of this country has the hispanic community played such a critical role in electing an american president. perhaps more interesting, never again will the be an american president without quoting hispanic vote. but the reality of it is that as leader of the nation, i implore you to please begin t
and i just hate this idea that we're going to kind of wall off america from central america. because as you said, immigration of these economies in such a positive thing. [applause] spent i'm glad some of you agree with it. nobody in washington -- >> may i had a point? because i feel the same way state does. ideas can't be as a reverent sdk and. but i admire so much a plainspoken truth. i had an opportunity to speak to the president, president obama writes be did he is not the president...
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it's always been an issue that resonates with america. taxes were one of the reasons that we declared our independence in the first place. we thought we ought to have a direct say in it, which we did. i think it is a major, you know, after her. i think you're going to see it more particularly if congress cannot act in the next couple of years, in this divided situation. i suspect whoever is running for president will make it a major issue. the last time that we had really important tax stuff, ronald reagan was president. he ran on what was called camp rock, it was lowering the rates 90. another part of it out in the tax reform act of 1986. helped to get him elected and reelected. help to unlock the prosperity of the 1980s. so we need to change the tax system and there are multiple ways. the flat tax, to me, is easy. the fair tax, again, it would be better than what we have now for sure. >> yes, ma'am? >> thank you so much for coming. >> thank you. >> and energy state, it seems like we're getting attached to fuel these days in the coal ind
it's always been an issue that resonates with america. taxes were one of the reasons that we declared our independence in the first place. we thought we ought to have a direct say in it, which we did. i think it is a major, you know, after her. i think you're going to see it more particularly if congress cannot act in the next couple of years, in this divided situation. i suspect whoever is running for president will make it a major issue. the last time that we had really important tax stuff,...
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we don't want, you know, we don't want to live in an america from the minute you walk out the front door until you get home at night you have wonder if there's an invisible eye in the sky tracking your every move. it might seem a aways away from where we are now especially with the regulatory environment because of safety concerns held back that kind of deployment. those issues will get worked out, and there is a lot of demand pent up demand by police around the country and other agencies to use the technology. we have police helicopters, police helicopters are expensive, they require maintenance crews, they cost millions of dollars. there's a built in natural restraint how much aerial surveillance those are used for. it when we look at the future where the small compld deploy hufns of small cheap inexpensive robotic flying video cameras, we are going to see police agencies in the country, we have seen some express an desire to do so want to put them in up over the neighborhood and track everybody all the time. we need put in place good -- to establish the rule of the game and what we as
we don't want, you know, we don't want to live in an america from the minute you walk out the front door until you get home at night you have wonder if there's an invisible eye in the sky tracking your every move. it might seem a aways away from where we are now especially with the regulatory environment because of safety concerns held back that kind of deployment. those issues will get worked out, and there is a lot of demand pent up demand by police around the country and other agencies to...
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was there a better way to make it away for america to act and america to lead in the world? like so many others in my generation, vietnam really was the impetus that opened up the world to us, even though i never got there. i didn't serve, but it came right into our home town. and it forced us to look beyond the atlantic and pacific, and to appreciate that's a complicated world. and when you go into that china shop, you've got to be careful when you throw your weight around. 40 years later vietnam still recalls for me the ultimate purpose of diplomacy, and that's what we're looking at this week at chautauqua. can we work amicably with other countries, with other religions, with other people? what's the best way to avoid the war and conflict that we've seen in our country over the last 10 years? are we capable of meeting the biblical challenge? and that's an important one for all of us no matter what our faith is to reflect upon, can we deliver peace among the nation's? because that's our job. all of us. who live here on earth. and we know in our hearts that it may never be p
was there a better way to make it away for america to act and america to lead in the world? like so many others in my generation, vietnam really was the impetus that opened up the world to us, even though i never got there. i didn't serve, but it came right into our home town. and it forced us to look beyond the atlantic and pacific, and to appreciate that's a complicated world. and when you go into that china shop, you've got to be careful when you throw your weight around. 40 years later...
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it is not just america's interests. obviously snowden is somebody that should be returned to america and given a fair trial. but there are so many other interests on the table. from nuclear proliferation. terrorism, what is going on in syria right now. this necessitates america acting single-handedly, but acting community of countries to give a call to the consciousness of the globe. begin to human rights and begin to push against nuclear proliferation, not urgency facing america but all the democracy in the globe, pushing against real threat of terrorism. >> thank you, mayor. congressman holt. rebuttal to or expansion. holt: the, i'm sorry. i thought we had been through that. i guess this was a repeat question. >> it's your chance to rebut or expand. holt: thank you. as i was saying i would agree with the mayor that there are many things that we need to work with the soviet union on and we should not throw away the relationship on the basis of this snowden, the snowden affair. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, we'll
it is not just america's interests. obviously snowden is somebody that should be returned to america and given a fair trial. but there are so many other interests on the table. from nuclear proliferation. terrorism, what is going on in syria right now. this necessitates america acting single-handedly, but acting community of countries to give a call to the consciousness of the globe. begin to human rights and begin to push against nuclear proliferation, not urgency facing america but all the...
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president, for america. this is why the international city-county management association strongly opposes this, the national association of counties, the national league of cities, the u.s. conference of mayors, the government finance officers association strongly oppose this effort, and i would make one final statement before turning to our distinguished senior senator from michigan. when we are looking at what's happening right now in detroit and around the country, we're seeing workers and retirees on the front line to lose pensions and to lose their wages, you know, in the auto rescue we saw delphi retirees' pensions weren't protected. when we talk about the middle class of this country, people working hard every day, we need to put them first, make sure nobody loses their pension and make sure we stands as a country with cities that are in distress that are working hard to become vibrant and strong again. i would yield the floor mr. president. the presiding officer: the presiding officer: the senator fr
president, for america. this is why the international city-county management association strongly opposes this, the national association of counties, the national league of cities, the u.s. conference of mayors, the government finance officers association strongly oppose this effort, and i would make one final statement before turning to our distinguished senior senator from michigan. when we are looking at what's happening right now in detroit and around the country, we're seeing workers and...
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i think that's what keeps america free. is that individual citizens are passionate about that and that they are serious about that. at the same time you've got to see the abuses, you've got to know where they are, and i don't think that we've lost our freedom and the united states of america. we are having this discussion in this room on c-span. you know, it's still a pretty remarkable country. it's not china. it's not russia. it's not some third world dictatorship. its institutions. you mention if i recall the fbi case, and they lost that case in court. [inaudible] >> it's on the tip of the lost the initial round. and we'll see what happens. if they do that anything congress will probably intervene and pass a law to that effect. because nobody likes that warned. >> [inaudible] applaud the. >> well, the attorney general is under contempt of course. >> sadly we didn't win the presidential election we don't get to appoint the attorney general. [inaudible] >> i'm sorry? >> [inaudible] >> we had a lot of republican candidates r
i think that's what keeps america free. is that individual citizens are passionate about that and that they are serious about that. at the same time you've got to see the abuses, you've got to know where they are, and i don't think that we've lost our freedom and the united states of america. we are having this discussion in this room on c-span. you know, it's still a pretty remarkable country. it's not china. it's not russia. it's not some third world dictatorship. its institutions. you...
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we are america. this coming started we have to come together again because, well, substitute the tea party, the brothers, goldman sachs, corporations for the sheriffs and the policemen in the south. look what they're doing to america today. that's why we have to get together again. voting rights is under attack. we have the "stand your ground." whose ground? the regreggives, i like that word and the racists want us to believe it's their ground. but it's not. it's everybody's ground. what they want is to legalize the right to shoot somebody and kill somebody because their skin color might be, to them, suspicious. [inaudible] we used to call that lynching. the "stand your ground" laws are new pro-lynch laws. why is all of this happening? i believe it's happening because the corporations, the people that are running the businesses today want to treat workers however they want to and pay them whatever they can get away with. workers today have fewer rights than they had when the march on washington took
we are america. this coming started we have to come together again because, well, substitute the tea party, the brothers, goldman sachs, corporations for the sheriffs and the policemen in the south. look what they're doing to america today. that's why we have to get together again. voting rights is under attack. we have the "stand your ground." whose ground? the regreggives, i like that word and the racists want us to believe it's their ground. but it's not. it's everybody's ground....
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and on c-span this afternoon, marriage in america. two of the plaintiffs in the proposition 8 same-sex marriage case talk about their experiences during litigation and how their lives have changed. >> you know, i had this interesting experience a couple of days ago, we were in washington, d.c., and i was renting a car. and chris wasn't with me. i'm filling out the paperwork, and they said are you the first driver? i said, no, do they have to be here? and they said, oh, no, as long as you're married. and i said, oh, i'm married. [laughter] and, you know, i haven't got withen used to it. i thought, ka-ching, it's my first kind of cool little minute, you know? [laughter] and the guy goes, okay, well, then i'll just put your husband's name down, i said, no, it's my wife. and he said, oh, i'm sorry, of course, and that's i'll just put that down. he goes i'll put down spouse. and i thought, yeah, put down spouse and change your forms and change your -- [laughter] and don't ever ask anybody again. [applause] but we are so used to, i'm so use
and on c-span this afternoon, marriage in america. two of the plaintiffs in the proposition 8 same-sex marriage case talk about their experiences during litigation and how their lives have changed. >> you know, i had this interesting experience a couple of days ago, we were in washington, d.c., and i was renting a car. and chris wasn't with me. i'm filling out the paperwork, and they said are you the first driver? i said, no, do they have to be here? and they said, oh, no, as long as...
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america takes these people from a around the world, educates them in the best universities in america and then takes them out to go to other countries to start companies that compete with us taking jobs away. are you with me? am i missing something? okay. [applause] we are completely in agreement but i would add to the point which is absolutely valid that it is not only about people in the sectors. it's also about those growers in the central valley in california and the construction companies in upstate new york i know we call them on a skilled labour but there is a lot of skill -- >> you know what we call them? we call them customers. [laughter] >> america is growing and with growth comes revenue growth. the of the internet need for spending in all of the programs and more customers, more taxpayers. what am i missing? >> the reason is because it is a tremendous fear they are coming to take our jobs. >> they are creating jobs. and by the way, the economic data support my position, the moral position support my position. it's consistent with america's historic strength in the immigran
america takes these people from a around the world, educates them in the best universities in america and then takes them out to go to other countries to start companies that compete with us taking jobs away. are you with me? am i missing something? okay. [applause] we are completely in agreement but i would add to the point which is absolutely valid that it is not only about people in the sectors. it's also about those growers in the central valley in california and the construction companies...
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[applause] we should see them as people who are already building america. because they live with us. their kids are in our school. and our kids are our hope for the future. so, yes, our diplomacy and our diplomats have an obligation to defend our borders. we don't want to see illegal immigration. we should try to stop illegal immigration. but the immigration bill deals with the people already in the country. >> ladies and gentlemen, knick -- nick burns. [applause] thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >>> former illinois congressman jesse jackson, junior was sentenced in thirty month of prison today after pleading guilty to spending $750,000 on personal item. an mother-in-law hearing in federal court in washington jackson said he failed to separate his personal life from his political activity and quote, could not have been more wrong. his wife was sentenced to a year in prison. >>> for nearly twenty five years. most of the time for the "baltimore sun" and covered ten presidential electionses. here he is in october of 1988. >> those of you wise en
[applause] we should see them as people who are already building america. because they live with us. their kids are in our school. and our kids are our hope for the future. so, yes, our diplomacy and our diplomats have an obligation to defend our borders. we don't want to see illegal immigration. we should try to stop illegal immigration. but the immigration bill deals with the people already in the country. >> ladies and gentlemen, knick -- nick burns. [applause] thank you. [applause]...
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, segregated america. you spoke of old, nasty, bigoted, racist whites, their look of hatred towards you and other blacks. the culture, you said, was to kill a black person if they made a misstep. and i'm wondering picking up this theme we've already herald, did you feel the march would accomplish very much? >> i felt the march really was an important show of the determination of black america for something better, something -- a new way, a new -- a change that had to come. and i think one of the reasons that people were so, it was such a, i thought, quiet, focused crowd, you know? it wasn't, it wasn't a lot of noise and chatter, you know? people were, people were -- >> focused on the speakers. >> on the speeches, on the purpose. if so i really felt that this march -- especially in the chain of events of 1963 even as it happened -- was crucial and was going to lead to something important. >> good. gwen ifill, if i'm not mistaken, you were a little girl living up north in relative security -- >> buffalo, new
, segregated america. you spoke of old, nasty, bigoted, racist whites, their look of hatred towards you and other blacks. the culture, you said, was to kill a black person if they made a misstep. and i'm wondering picking up this theme we've already herald, did you feel the march would accomplish very much? >> i felt the march really was an important show of the determination of black america for something better, something -- a new way, a new -- a change that had to come. and i think one...